Example sentences of "pulled [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulled between the conflicting impulses , I ought to resist the craving which dulls the awareness which moves me to abstain , because for me that is a causally necessary condition of obeying ‘ Face the fact that you might get cancer ’ . |
| 2 | And then Fael-Inis lifted the silver pipes to his lips , and there was a final burst of music , and the forest and the house and the Ireland of Tara 's Court vanished , and they were pulled into the Far Future . |
| 3 | But suppose there was something that could only be depressed after the first piece had been pulled into the right position ? |
| 4 | A short time later , a car pulled into the underground drive-through that had been set aside for taxis and pick-ups at the mainline rail terminus . |
| 5 | As the second man , Fox , walked in she gasped , and pulled into the reassuring arms of Gina Maxwell . |
| 6 | But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 7 | The third rig , holding Deputy Fenton 's four-man guard detail and their captives , had pulled onto the wide verge ahead of Rocky 's vehicle and was now awaiting more prisoners to fill its spacious interior , if all went according to plan . |
| 8 | The crewmen had to be pulled from the freezing water by colleagues in an inflatable boat . |
| 9 | It will be remembered that his other , earlier , intuitions about heterarchy pulled in the opposite direction , towards a monadology of separate partial sub-consciousnesses . |
| 10 | Her head was being pulled in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | It was curling out around the edges of the large double doors and for a moment or two Benny stopped and stared , then with a shout of alarm he ran across the road as fast as he could and pulled on the hanging padlock flap . |
| 12 | He wore an open-neck shirt and trousers that needed pressing , but he 'd apologized for his ‘ unkempt ’ condition when he 'd first greeted them , explaining that he 'd been decorating at home and had pulled on the first things to hand in his haste to get to the waxworks . |
| 13 | So , when the trigger is pulled on the Light Rifle the software must freeze the action and establish whether the target on the screen is aligned with the position of the gun . |
| 14 | In the safe solitude of her bedroom , Shannon quickly stripped off her dressing-gown and pulled on the lightweight jogging-pants and sweatshirt she 'd travelled in . |
| 15 | But the plug was about to be pulled on the Fun Minister because he broke the rules on ministerial conduct . |
| 16 | Then a shin guard is pulled over the whole thing . |
| 17 | Official spokespeople claim the band had not planned to perform on the night , although NME 's source said : ‘ They were definitely going to do the gig , but it was pulled at the first sign of the news breaking . ’ |
| 18 | The small fellow pulled at the tall boy 's trouser leg . |
| 19 | The American audiences were kind of small at first and it was a major promotional coup to have survived it all because a lot of dates were pulled at the last minute — promoters could n't get any interest . |
| 20 | Instantly , Delaney drew back his right hand , stiffened it to chop down as his left hand pulled at the rubber cowl on the man 's head , forcing it back , exposing his defenceless windpipe . |
| 21 | It is clear to her that the old ropes are still being pulled by the new masters . |
| 22 | It is the path a load would follow if it was pulled by the opposing factions in the drawing . |